Borden Chase
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born Frank Fowler in Brooklyn , New York, Borden Chase served in the Navy during World War I and put in time as a shipyard worker, carnival high diver, driver for gangster Frankie Yale, and sandhog on the New York's Holland Tunnel before turning to writing. He penned pulp stories and novels, then moved to Hollywood and began writing screenplays, including, among many others, Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 and Bend of the River and Howard Hawk's Red River, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

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The Bull of the West (1972)
Screenplay
Backtrack! (1969)
Writer
A Man Called Gannon (1968)
Writer
Winchester '73 (1967)
Original Film Writer
Gunfighters of Casa Grande (1964)
Screenplay | Story
Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
Screenplay
Night Passage (1957)
Screenplay
Backlash (1956)
Screenplay
Man Without a Star (1955)
Screenplay
Vera Cruz (1954)
Story
Rails Into Laramie (1954)
Writer
The Far Country (1954)
Story | Screenplay
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
Screenplay
Sea Devils (1953)
Screenplay
Lone Star (1952)
Screenplay
The World in His Arms (1952)
Screenplay
Bend of the River (1952)
Screenplay
Iron Man (1951)
Screenplay
The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
Writer
Winchester '73 (1950)
Screenplay
Montana (1950)
Screenplay
Red River (1948)
Screenplay | Story
The Man from Colorado (1948)
Original Story
Tycoon (1947)
Screenplay
I've Always Loved You (1946)
Screenplay
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
Screenplay
This Man's Navy (1945)
Story
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Screenplay | Story
Destroyer (1943)
Screenplay
Harrigan's Kid (1943)
Writer
Dr. Broadway (1942)
Novel
Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
Story
The Devil's Party (1938)
Novel
Midnight Taxi (1937)
Story
Under Pressure (1935)
Technical Advisor | Screenplay